Igbo Groups Drag Oba Of Lagos Akiolu To Human Rights Commission Over 'Drown In Lagoon' Tirade

Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu

                                Following the tirade of Lagos Oba Rilwan in which he threatened Igbos' resident in Lagos with Death by drowning if they fail to vote APC Gibernatorial candidate Akinwunmi Ambode, Two Igbo groups have now dragged the first class monarch to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC.The groups being Ohanaeze-Ndigbo Lagos and Igbo Justice Congress in a petition to the Executive Secretary of NHRC, Prof. Ben Angwe, called for the intervention of the Commission to prevent the threat by Oba Akiolu from happening.

According to the petition sponsored by Innocent Arinze and Arinze Ugwu for Ohaneze Ndigbo and Igbo Justice Congress respectively, 

“The entire Igbo in Lagos State seeks your intervention to forestall the threat by HRM Oba Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos to drown all Ndigbo in Lagos State inside the Lagoon if they failed to vote his candidate, Ambode of the APC – Lagos.”